Azusa Pacific University’s football team has been on an offensive roll, having scored a combined 276 points over its past five games.
The Cougars now have a huge task at hand when they face NCAA Division II Super Region Four No.2-ranked Central Washington (8-0, 5-0) at 1 p.m. Saturday on the road in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game.
APU (5-3, 3-3 GNAC) defeated Simon Fraser 61-0 in a conference game Saturday after a 52-29 loss to Humboldt State the week before.
“That game was epic, historic and the crowd was crazy and a full house,” APU coach Victor Santa Cruz said of Saturday’s win. “To see the team get out of fourth gear and get all three phases going and to see the backups get in there was good.

Rodriguez gets his kicks
Mt. SAC sophomore kicker Andrew Rodriguez booted his way into the school record book Saturday when he connected for six field goals in a 32-18 National Division Central Conference win over El Camino.

His 27-yard field goal in the fourth quarter broke the record of five field goals set by P.K. Wiggins in 1984 against Citrus College.
Rodriguez leads the state with 11 field goals.
Mt. SAC (5-2, 1-1) will travel to last-place Chaffey (1-6, 1-2) on Saturday for a 6 p.m. conference game.
Mt. SAC, ranked ninth by the California Community College Sports Information Association, has used freshman quarterback Jaiave Magalei and sophomore quarterback Richard Stammetti, who have combined for 13 touchdowns and more than 1,700 yards passing.
Freshman running back Hykeem Hassey leads the Mounties with 380 yards and three touchdowns rushing

Owls lose tough one
Citrus College (1-6, 0-2) dropped its fourth game in a row Saturday when it went for a 2-point conversion and the win against L.A. Pierce. With 59 seconds left in the game, freshman quarterback Darreon Lockett threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to freshman wide receiver Sebastian Melendez to trail 28-27.
However, the 2-point conversion pass attempt from Lockett failed.
The Owls host Santa Barbara City College (3-4, 1-1) in an American Division Pacific Conference game at 4 p.m. Saturday

Lancers on a roll
Pasadena City College, which started the season with three consecutive losses, has turned it around and won its last four, including its first three American Division Metro Conference games.
The Lancers (4-3, 3-0) travel to L.A. Southwest College (0-7, 0-3) Saturday for a 6 p.m. game
PCC is led by freshman quarterback Mario Bobadilla, who has thrown for 689 yards and 11 touchdowns. .
Sophomore running backs James Shaw and Amad Andrews lead the Owls with 379 and 339 yards rushing, respectively.

Leopards at home
La Verne University (2-3, 1-2) will host Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at 5 p.m. Saturday following last week’s 38-21 loss to SCIAC leader Chapman University..

No game for Poets
Due to Occidental College’s cancellation of the remainder of its football season, Whittier College’s scheduled game against the Tigers is off.
The Poets have lost 27 straight games dating back to the 2014 season and finish out the season with games at Redlands (Nov. 4) and La Verne University (Nov. 11).